As an actor, I have casting issues. I’m a minority. I don’t have trouble making a living, but as far as being on the food chain of the pecking order of actors, I’m not at the top of it. With the jobs that I do, there are always control issues with directors and producers. B. D. Wong Read Quote
Writing is an incredibly creatively empowering experience for me. It is the place where nobody tries to control what I’m doing. B. D. Wong Read Quote
Having done ‘M. Butterfly,’ I’m conscious of the choices women make with their clothes and makeup on screen. B. D. Wong Read Quote
I have a hard time watching films and not thinking how I would play any part, whether it’s a man or a woman. B. D. Wong Read Quote
Asian people are very practical and come from a conservative world. The parents want their kids to be doctors and lawyers. There are casting calls for Asian children, but once the parents find out the children might miss school, they’re opposed to it. B. D. Wong Read Quote
I’m a strong nonbeliever in the Christmas letter where you don’t really read it because it’s just full of kind of meaningless information. It doesn’t really resonate to the person reading it, but it means so much to the person that wrote it. B. D. Wong Read Quote
Television shows and movies that are all white, I can’t watch them. They totally alienate me. B. D. Wong Read Quote
I’ve always had tremendous support from my parents. I think there’s a myth that gay people have lousy relationships with their parents. B. D. Wong Read Quote